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Generalized anxiety disorder facts

• Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a mood disorder that is characterized by multiple and/or nonspecific worries that interfere with the person's life in some way.
• The most common anxiety disorders are specific phobias. Other anxiety disorders include social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
• GAD is quite common, affecting millions of people.
• While there is no single cause of GAD, there are many factors that increase the risk of developing this disorder.
• Signs and symptoms of anxiety can include those that are emotional or behavioral and ways of thinking that are responses to feeling as if one is in danger.
• The similarities and differences in symptoms of anxiety in adults compared to children and adolescents depend on the diagnosis.
• There seem to be gender d...

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